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Category: Application Security
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Netizen’s Security Operations Center (SOC) has identified five critical vulnerabilities from July that require immediate patching or remediation. These include high-severity issues in Microsoft’s Windows Hyper-V, SharePoint, Rejetto HTTP File Server, Azure Kinect SDK, and OpenSSH. Netizen provides advanced security solutions and services, including compliance support, vulnerability assessments, and automated assessment tools.
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In recent developments, a significant vulnerability has been identified in ARM’s Memory Tagging Extension (MTE), a security feature designed to mitigate memory corruption issues in the ARMv8.5-A architecture. This vulnerability exploits speculative execution, a performance optimization feature in modern CPUs, to bypass MTE’s protections and leak sensitive information. Understanding Memory Tagging Execution (MTE) MTE aims…
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Atlassian has released crucial security updates for its Bamboo, Confluence, and Jira products, addressing high-severity vulnerabilities. These updates fix issues such as server-side request forgery (SSRF) and file inclusion vulnerabilities, as well as denial-of-service (DoS) flaws. Users are advised to apply these patches promptly to prevent unauthorized access and service disruptions.
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Ivanti has addressed high-severity vulnerabilities in its Endpoint Manager (EPM) and Endpoint Manager for Mobile (EPMM) products. The most critical is an SQL injection flaw (CVE-2024-37381) affecting the Core server of EPM 2024 flat, allowing authenticated attackers with network access to execute arbitrary code. Hotfixes and updates are available for mitigation.
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Between July 9 and July 12, 2024, multiple organizations using Squarespace as a domain registrar experienced domain hijackings, mainly targeting cryptocurrency businesses. Attackers exploited a flaw in Squarespace’s migration process from Google Domains to redirect domains to phishing sites. Users are advised to enhance security measures, such as enabling multi-factor authentication and reviewing user access.
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On July 1, 2024, the cybersecurity community was made aware of the ‘regreSSHion’ (CVE-2024-6387) vulnerability in OpenSSH, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution on Linux systems. A subsequent related issue, CVE-2024-6409, also poses a risk. It’s crucial to promptly update OpenSSH, adjust configurations, restrict access, and monitor SSH activity to mitigate these high-severity vulnerabilities.
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Hackers Reverse Engineer Ticketmaster Bypassing Anti-Scalping Measures on “Non-Transferable” Tickets
Scalpers are reverse-engineering ticket platforms like Ticketmaster and AXS to create and sell “non-transferable” tickets through their own systems, bypassing anti-scalping measures. They use websites or apps like Secure.Tickets and Amosa App to generate genuine tickets, prompting legal actions against them. The industry needs more secure ecosystems to prevent exploitation by scalpers.
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In today’s digital age, organizations face an ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats that demand robust security measures. To address these challenges, leveraging the Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) has become crucial for conducting comprehensive cybersecurity assessments. ACAS is a powerful suite of tools designed to help organizations identify, assess, and mitigate vulnerabilities within their networks…
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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a critical security flaw in the RADIUS network authentication protocol, termed BlastRADIUS, which can be exploited to conduct Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks and bypass integrity checks under specific conditions. “The RADIUS protocol allows certain Access-Request messages to lack integrity or authentication checks,” stated Alan DeKok, CEO of InkBridge Networks and creator of…
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In a seemingly light-hearted tweet on July 9, 2024, Jay Phelps (@_jayphelps) pointed to a significant concern in the world of large language models (LLMs) and their input handling. His tweet, suggesting that Amazon product pages could replace ChatGPT subscriptions for AI needs, accompanied by a screenshot showing an Amazon response with a React code…
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